LFKK10278U Project Management
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Projects are increasingly becoming the organisational principle in
most science related sectors. Technological innovation,
organisational development and change processes, development aid
and capacity-building, and most consultancy jobs are organised as
projects. The ability to participate in and manage projects
efficiently is fundamental for science professionals.
The course is an introductory course to project management. The
course will deal with project management concepts and models.
Project management phases, topics and activities will be introduced
including factors influencing the planning of the different project
phases: definition, planning, execution and closure.
Participants will be introduced to the elements of planning, implementation and evaluation of ongoing project management based on detailed planning and scheduling, project follow-up and ongoing leadership.
During the course participants will be introduced to and work with swot analysis, stakeholder analysis, risk analysis, objective definition, work break-down structure, milestone plan and estimation of time and cost.
Leadership in projects will be introduced focusing on techniques for managing task complexity, establishing and leading teamwork, managing meetings, process facilitation and providing individual and team feedback.
The objective of the course is to provide participants with the
knowledge, skills and competencies necessary to participate in high
performance projects. On completion of the course the participant
will be able to design project management processes based on
critical reflection on their own personal experiences, the dynamics
of project management, the concrete task and the organisational and
cultural characteristics of the context.
On completion of the course the student will be able to:
Knowledge
• Define and explain project management concepts, models, phases,
topics and activities.
• Explain factors influencing the planning during project planning,
start-up, execution, evaluation and close-out phases.
• Characterise the dynamics of project management and leadership.
Skills
• Plan and organise specific project management activities
considering project complexity level.
• Plan, implement, evaluate and critically reflect on main project
processes based on identification of project scope, work break-down
structure, milestone plan, resource and time schedule.
• Plan, implement and evaluate application of project planning
tools such as complexity, interest, risk analyses, and project
scoping.
Competences
• Lead and facilitate a project team performing overall and ongoing
project management activities.
• Evaluate overall project planning and provide constructive
feedback.
• Analyse and manage central management and leadership issues in
relation to project process facilitation, meeting management,
teambuilding and team performance.
• Reflect on own project management practise and apply experiences
in future practise.
- Category
- Hours
- Exam
- 1
- Guidance
- 5
- Lectures
- 40
- Preparation
- 44
- Project work
- 92
- Theory exercises
- 24
- Total
- 206
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- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Oral examination, 20 min.At the oral examination, each student will be examined individually in a general project management topic on the basis of the project reports and course curriculum.
Weight: 100% oral examination in project reports and curriculum - Exam registration requirements
- Active participation in group based project work during the course is required. The project reports are used as a basis for the exam and have to be assessed "passed" for students to take the exam.
- Aid
- Without aids
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
Criteria for exam assesment
To obtain the grade 12 the student is required to fulfill the described learning outcome
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- LFKK10278U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 block
- Placement
- Block 3
- Schedule
- A (Tues 8-12 + Thurs 8-17)
- Course capacity
- 60 participants
- Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Study Board of Natural Resources and Environment
Contracting department
- Department of Food and Resource Economics
Course responsibles
- Anders Dahl (3-657268446d6a7673326f7932686f)
- Tina Hansen (3-786d6c446d6a7673326f7932686f)
Lecturers
Morten Meldgaard from Chr. Hansen A/S is teaching parts of the course